Veterinarian
"Do you love animals?" Anna K hour 4
Basic information about your career
- You must have a bachelors or higher
- Earn $65,290 per year
- Need a license
- Work with all types of animals including healthy ones
- Work between 45 to 80 hours a week
- Training usually lasts six to eight years after high school
- Protect animal health through medicine, surgery, and disseminating knowledge
- Long hours cut into family time
- Work all different places
- Protect animal health through medicine, surgery, and disseminating knowledge
Pros and cons of this career
What do you need to do to succeed in this career?
- Physical science
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Public speaking
- Animal care and Vet study
What colleges can you attend to earn a degree for this career?
2001 Alford Park Drive
Kenosha, WI 53140
Pros:
Still in Wisconsin
Suburban (within commuting distance of a large city)
There is a women's volleyball team
Cons:
It is a private school
It costs over about $40,000 per year
Room& board is about $9,000 per year
2: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
1420 Austin Bluffs ParkwayColorado Springs, CO 80933-7150
Pros:
Public school
Bachelor's, master's, first professional, doctorate
Women's volleyball team
Cons:
Out of state college
In a large city
You have to pay for everything separate
3:
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
100 Campus Drive
Weatherford, OK 73096-3098
Pros:
Small town-rural area (not within commuting distance of a large city)
Public school
Women's volleyball team
Cons:
Out of state college
In a large city
You have to pay for everything separate
Associations/Professional organization for this career
American animal hospital Association
12575 Bayaud Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80228
Phone: 303-986-2800
https://www.aaha.org/pet_owner/contact.aspx
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
9190 Crestwyn Hills Dr.
Memphis, TN, 38125
901/754-8620
Job Advertisement
Website: veterinarianhelpwanted.org/application.